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niellos (engraved works) (<visual works by material or technique>, visual works (works), ... Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: Ornamental works that are executed by the application of black metallic alloys, composed of sulfur and either copper, silver, or lead, to inlay designs incised in the surface of another metal. An example of niellos are small metal plates that were common in the Italian Renaissance. |
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niellos (engraved works) (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
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niello (engraved work) (C,U,English,AD,L,SN)
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niello (metalen plaatje) (Dutch,AD,U,U)
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nielli (engraved works) (C,U,English,UF,L,N)
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nielli (metalen plaatjes) (Dutch-P,D,U,U)
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niello plates (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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Nielli (Verzierungen) (C,U,German,D,PN)
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Niello (Verzierung) (C,U,German-P,AD,SN)
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Niellen (Verzierungen) (C,U,German,UF,PN)
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Niellos (Verzierungen) (C,U,German,UF,PN)
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nieles (obra visual) (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,PN)
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niel (obra visual) (C,U,Spanish,AD,U,SN)
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.... Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name) (G) |
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........ Visual Works (hierarchy name) (G) |
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............ visual works (works) (G) |
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.................... niellos (engraved works) (G) |
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.................... niellos (engraved works) (G) |
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Dutch ..... Kleine metalen plaatjes met een gegraveerd ontwerp dat wordt gevuld met zwart inlegsel; kwamen veel voor in de 15e en 16e eeuw in Italië. |
German ..... Ornamentales Werk, das durch das Auftragen von schwarzer Metalllegierung entsteht, die aus Schwefel und entweder Kupfer, Silber oder Blei zusammengesetzt ist, um Zeichnungen, die in die Oberfläche eines anderen Metalls eingeritzt sind, auszufüllen. Ein Beispiel für Niellos sind kleine Metallplatten, die in der italienischen Renaissance häufig waren. |
Spanish ..... Pequeñas placas metálicas que contienen diseños grabados y rellenos con incrustaciones negras; común en el Renacimiento italiano. |
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created by .... |
niellists |
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(<people in crafts and trades by material>, <people in crafts and trades>, ... People (hierarchy name)) [300378949] |
produce .... |
niello prints |
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(engravings (prints), intaglio prints, ... Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)) [300041362] |
produced by .... |
niello (technique) |
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(inlay (process), <surface covering processes and techniques>, ... Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name)) [300054022] |
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niello plates............ |
[VP] |
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Oxford Companion to Art (1984) 778, plates w. engraved designs filled in w. a black composition of metallic alloys, used for dec. purp |
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